Drawer-slide and extension-support



(No Model.)

V.'R. HARVEY. DRAWER SLIDE AND EXTENSION SUPPORT.

No. 500,575. Patented July 4, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIQE.

VALMER R. HARVEY, OF WVATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

DRAWER-SLIDE AND EXTENSION-3U PPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,57 5, dated July 4, 1893.

Application filed April 8,1893. Serial No. 469,536- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALMER R. HARVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Slides and Extension-Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in drawers and more particularly to means for preventing their entire withdrawal and for supporting the same when out to their farthest extent, and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple and cheap construction whereby the drawer will be supported when drawn out to its greatest limit in such a manner that its guides are not strained nor the drawer liable to be tilted. I provide the guide with a longitudinal slot in which works a lug on a bar which is slidingly mounted on the side of the drawer in such a manner as to move therewith fora specified distance when it engages a stop and is prevented from going any farthor while the drawer is free to be moved out still farther, the sliding bar being held by reason of its engagement through its lug with the end of the slot in the guide.

The device is simple, can be readily applied to any drawer, and where the guide is of sufficient thickness the parts may be re-. versed, that is, the slot may be in the side of the drawer and the other parts on the guide,

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the let ters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a drawer showing myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; the drawer being shown as open. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the guide and drawer.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a drawer guide of known construction with its side flanges a and provided preferably substantially centrally with a longitudinal slot to which extends the required distance, being provided at its outer end that nearest the front of the guide, with a vertical square shoulder or stop A.

B designates the drawer which may be of any well known or approved form of construction except as hereinafter specified. Its rear side is provided with an opening I) close to the side, and through this opening passes a bar 0 which has secured thereto, or it may be integral therewith, the strip D at right angles thereto, the said strip being substantially the same thickness as the material of the side of the drawer. This strip has a lug 61 extending therefrom to travel in the groove of the guide as shown. The bar 0 passes loosely through a guide E on the inner face of the side of the drawer as shown and between this guide and the rear or inner end of the drawer there is on this bar a lug or stop c as shown which is designed to engage the inner face of the rear end of the drawer as the same is drawn out to limit the movement thereof.

The operation will be readily understood. The parts are arranged as shown and as the drawer is pulled out the bar 0 and its strip move with it until the lug on the strip comes into engagement with thefront wall of the groove or slot in the guide which limits its movement, the drawer is still farther pulled out until the stop or lug on the bar engages the inner face of the rear end of the drawer which limits the outward movement of the drawer. The bar 0 serves to aid in supporting the drawer when it is pulled out to its farchest limit. Where the thickness ofthe guide I the slot of the guide, a guide on the inner face will permit I propose to locate the bar 0 and its guide and lug between the guide and the 7 side of the drawer.

of the drawer through which the bar loosely passes, and a lug on the bar between said guide and the rear end of the drawer, all sub- 15' stantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

VALMER R. HARVEY. Witnesses:

H. M. SPININBERG, F. WADDINGHAM. 

